1931 Austin Swallow

I took this photograph at a Vintage & Historic Vehicle Display in Saddleworth organised by organised by the Saddleworth Museum in June 1987.

It's a 1931 Austin Swallow, one of about 3,500 cars produced by William Lyons' Swallow Sidecar Company between 1927 and 1932 before he started making cars using the SS name. The car was based on the chassis of the Austin Seven with the 7hp 4-cylinder inline 747cc Austin engine, though the DVLA record says that KF4626 now has an engine of 858cc. A note in the programme of the event says this about the car:

'1934 Austin Swallow, 7 h.p., KF 4626. The car was found in a barn in

Saddleworth 10 years ago. It has been totally renovated by the owner.

It took six years to get it into the condition it is in now'